Title etched in open letters below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of first letters in title. Missing letters supplied in contemporary hand., Dated from the ms. note on impression at The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on verso of a partially trimmed map: Operations of the siege of the citadel of Antwerp showing the 1st and 2nd parallels and the commencement of the works of the 3rd. London : Published by M. Colnaghi, Decr. 1832., and Mounted to 22 x 28 cm.
Title from text below image., Printmaker from plate no. 1., Series title from plate no. 1., No. 2 from the Dighton's series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy., Plate is numbered "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
Title from item., No. 5 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: kitchens -- Interiors: stone floors -- Utensils -- Plates -- Candlesticks -- Coal buckets -- Coals -- Brooms -- Towels hanging on racks -- Fireplaces -- Kettles -- Female costume, ca. 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Title etched below image., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., No. 7 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Folding tables -- Toys: horse and wagon -- Weapons: pistols -- Weapons: sword -- Female costume, ca 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Toys, Carpets, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Wigs
"Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, half-length, wearing a George on a ribbon, with ruff and slashed doublet; after a drawing by van Dyck in the Willett collection"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "What gave great Villiers to the Assassin's Knife? ... With Power too great to keep or to resign"; text below verses: "In the Collection of Ralph Willett Esqr.", and Sheet trimmed close to plate mark.
Two head-and-shoulder portraits in separate ornamental oval frames of Lady Anne Foley and the Earl of Peterborough
Alternative Title:
Incautious Lothario and Honorable Mrs. Foley
Description:
Title engraved below images., From the "Histories of the téte-à-téte annexed" in the Town and country magazine, 1785, page 177., and Mounted to 21 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd by A. Hamilton Junr. Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Peterborough, Charles Henry Mordaunt, Earl of, 1758-1814,
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Six lines of verse engraved below title: "The summer it was smiling all nature round was gay ... Song of Auld Robin Gray.", Dedication below verse: "To Mrs. Brereton this plate is inscrib'd, by her much obliged servant, Saml. Shelley.", and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, June 20th 1785, by S. Watts, No. 50 opposite Old Round Court, Strand
Leaf 11. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops towards a toll-gate (left) which a man runs to open. Beside the gate is a turnstile for foot-passengers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view, how, in a trice, the turnpike-men their gates wide open threw., Second plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Toll roads, Gates, and Gatehouses
Leaf 12. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife and family watch from the balcony; an inn-servant from the door. Dogs bark and spectators are amused."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: 'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry; the dinner waits, and we are tir'd! said Gilpin 'So am I!'., Third plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 12 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Family members, Balconies, Spectators, and Dogs
Leaf 13. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin outside the callender's house in Ware. The callender stands by the horse holding a hat, while Gilpin puts on the over-large wig. He wears a dressing-gown. On the steps of his house, inside a wall and railing, is a figure of Britannia. Two donkeys (left) complete the design."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind, a hat not much the worse for wear; each comely in it's [sic] kind., Fourth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 13 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Wigs, Dwellings, and Donkeys
